Originally Posted by Dhruin
The atmosphere and use of lore in D3 are so far ahead of D2 they aren't even playing the same sport. I don't understand how you could get hung up on the plot in an ARPG when D3's moment-to-moment use of lore is so much better.

Because the main story is what's supposed to drive you. Not the lore books about random monsters. Because the story in D3 pretty much throws everything that happened in D1/2 to the garbage bin. Did you play D1 and D2 and catch all the problems with D3? It has so many unexplained things and plot-holes that it's not even funny.

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You can't seriously be buying that everything that happened in D1 and D2 was actually the result of plans and schemes of Diablo. That's the most bull-shit move the writers could have done. And that's besides all the other non-sensical things. Like how can Tyrael become a mortal? Mortals/Humans are descendents of the nephalem, which are angel/devil hybrids. So how the hell does he become one? Just because he wants to? Just because the writers thought it was cool to break to story?

D2 might not have had much lore, but the main story was way better developed. And while I agree D3 has great atmosphere from the visual standpoint, D2 was also great in that sense. And I dare say D2 had way better music. Much more memorable, in that I can still remember tunes from Lut Gholein and Harrogath.